Black and white photograph of a unidentified female equestrian shown in costume sitting bareback on a horse in a field at Fossett's Circus.

Black and white postcard of an unidentified animal trainer, shown with an elephant.

Black and white postcard of an unidentified man, thought to be the husband of Ida Rosaire, shown in costume with five dogs (poodles) outside the circus tent at Rosaire's Circus.

Black and white postcard of an unidentified man, thought to be the husband of Ida Rosaire, shown in costume with five dogs (poodles) outside the circus tent at Rosaire's Circus.

Various items related to the Testo family and their business in the fairground.

A range of items from British theme parks and attractions such as zoos and museums including badges, pins and booklets.

Catalogues of sale by auction for the property of Bertram Mills Circus at Christie's, Anglo American Circus animals and circus equipment and Chipperfield family equipment and animals. Typescript.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. Extracts from feature films and circus films including Sawdust Ring, The Kids Last Fight, Togare and his Tigers, Days of Thrills and Laughter, Charlie the Busker, Bertram Mills Chimps, Leon I The Human Cannon Ball, Bertram Mills Clowns, Kill or Cure, and Jumbo’s Test Match. Includes Shirley Temple, Charlie Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Geo Rowe and John Gindl from Bertram Mills Circus Olympia, London.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Extracts from films including Daring Horse Riders, Amazing Lion Act, Acrobats in Space,Daring Acts from the World, Poodles Motor Bike Ride, It’s the Circus, The Golf Nut, Little Boy Peeping at the Nude, and Goat and Little Boy. Includes Billy Bevan, Moscow State Circus, and Poodles Hanneford.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Paterson. Black and white, silent. Includes Circus Today, Lion Water Ski Rid, Chimps Boxing, Its in the Balance, Moscow State Circus, and Peak and extracts from the Laurel & Hardy feature film ‘Circus Today’. Copied to DVD 6 and DIGI-BETA.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Scotch. Eugene Castle Films. Black and white, silent. Film extracts including Circus Thrills, Indian Elephant, Godiva Rides Again, High Wire Act, Motor Cycle Team, Chariot Racing, and Whispering Lions Whiskers and featuring Bertram Mills and James Parrott.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 400 feet, 30 minutes long. Includes 'Chessington Zoo Animals' filmed by Reg Charman and Nero's Gladiators, Chessington Zoo Animals, Chimp Antics, and It's the Circus, which features Bertram Mills.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Boots. 250 feet. Silent, in colour. Includes Pompei Circus, Spanish Lipizzi and Horses, Circus Acts, Monkey-Go Round and Circus Boy. Pompei Circus features Roman chariot racing. Circus Boy starring Jerry Madden. Includes Emily Jannings.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 200 feet. Silent, in colour. Amateur footage possibly filmed by Noel Drewe including Sanger’s Memorial is at St John's cemetery, Margate. Sanger’s Sensational Bullfight at the Old Town Hall in Hemel Hempstead. Dave and Dusty at Lord Sanger's Circus is an extract from 'Broke Again'. Note on can reads "Pony in a field, Warner's End".

A range of circus related items related to Hassan Ali, Adha Issacs Menken, Barnum and Bailey, funeral items, illustrations of circus parades, circus tickets, discount vouchers and booking forms, circus themed stickers, famous clown clay models, circus themed jigsaw puzzles, circus model figures, comics books and children's books, Circus Friends Association related material, Montecarlo Circus Festival related items, Jesse Fossett's throwing knives and other items.

Victoria Craston and her mother Martha Craston (Martha Cashmore) with dog in garden.

Early circus and menagerie posters including Polito's menagerie, Astley's Amphitheatre and Pablo Fanque's, Sanger's, Powell's, Ducrow's, Cooke's and Hengler's circuses among others.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. VHS PAL. Includes; Tweeties Circus, hippo rodeo, monkeyland, a chapter of accidents, acrobatic antics, some birds, and Circus Time.

Black and white photographs, negatives and postcards of fairgrounds, amusement parks, circus and performers, a newspaper cutting and a handbill.

Black and white postcard of Vivian Rosaire (also known as 'La Petit Vivienne') and Ida Rosaire. One of the women is shown in costume sitting bareback on a horse (thought to be Vivian Rosaire).